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More Trial, Less Error: An Effort to Improve Scientific Studies
So many scientific studies are making incorrect claims that a new service has sprung up to fact-check reported findings...
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Genetic Analysis Solves Human-Neanderthal Interbreeding Puzzle
Human history more than matches the best soap operas and Hollywood thrillers. The latest blockbuster is a tale of...
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Quantum Teleportation Achieved Over Record Distances
Two teams of researchers have extended the reach of quantum teleportation to unprecedented lengths, roughly equivalent to the distance...
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Mars’ Plate Tectonics May Make Life More Likely
As it turns out, Mars and Earth may be more similar than previously thought in one momentous way: Mars...
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A Week on Mars: Curiosity Rover Settles in for Long Martian Haul
After a full week on the Red Planet, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is celebrating with a little rest and...
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Of Mice and Melodies
Singing mice (Scotinomys teguina) are not your average lab rats. Their fur is tawny brown instead of the common...
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Why Living in the Moment Is Impossible
The sought-after equanimity of “living in the moment” may be impossible, according to neuroscientists who’ve pinpointed a brain area...
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‘Selfish’ DNA Discovered in Animal Mitochondria
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered, for the first time in any animal species, a type of “selfish”...